Russian Nights by candlelight at St Peter's Church, St Albans on Saturday 13th October 2018

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Russian Nights by candlelight

Add to my Calendar 13-10-2018 19:30 13-10-2018 21:30 36 Russian Nights by candlelight Rachmaninoff’s wonderfully atmospheric Vespers will form the second half ofthis concert. Praised as the finest music for the Orthodox Church, it consists ofsettings of texts from the All-Night Vigil to give the Vespers its proper title.Written and first performed in 1915, it was so successful that it received fiveperformances within a month but with the coming of the Revolution in 1917,religious music was condemned and the choir which had sung it, the MoscowSynodal Choir, was renamed the People’s Choir Academy. Together with TheBells, the Vespers was Rachmaninoff’s favourite composition and he requestedthat the Nunc Dimittis (its fifth movement) be sung at his own funeral.St Peter’s Church will be candlelit and decorated with icons by Derek Bird toadd to the Russian Orthodox ambience.Other music in the programme will be choral music by Kalinnikov andGretchaninoff and the beautiful Stabat Mater by Alissa Firsova, originally writtenfor The Sixteen. We are especially delighted to welcome back Alissa Firsovaamidst her extremely busy international schedule; she is currently working forher solo Concertgebouw debut recital later in October. For the Carillon concertshe will play Rachmaninoff’s 2nd movement of the 2nd Sonata and her owncomposition, Lune Rouge. St Peter's Church, St Albans DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Peter's Church
St Peter's Street
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 3HG
England

Saturday 13th October 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Sergei Rachmaninov – All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op.37
Alissa Firsova – Lune Rouge
Alissa Firsova – Stabat Mater
Sergei Rachmaninov – Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, Op.36

Performers

Alissa Firsova – piano
David Ireson – Conductor

Carillon Chamber Choir

Programme Note

Rachmaninoff’s wonderfully atmospheric Vespers will form the second half of
this concert. Praised as the finest music for the Orthodox Church, it consists of
settings of texts from the All-Night Vigil to give the Vespers its proper title.
Written and first performed in 1915, it was so successful that it received five
performances within a month but with the coming of the Revolution in 1917,
religious music was condemned and the choir which had sung it, the Moscow
Synodal Choir, was renamed the People’s Choir Academy. Together with The
Bells, the Vespers was Rachmaninoff’s favourite composition and he requested
that the Nunc Dimittis (its fifth movement) be sung at his own funeral.
St Peter’s Church will be candlelit and decorated with icons by Derek Bird to
add to the Russian Orthodox ambience.
Other music in the programme will be choral music by Kalinnikov and
Gretchaninoff and the beautiful Stabat Mater by Alissa Firsova, originally written
for The Sixteen. We are especially delighted to welcome back Alissa Firsova
amidst her extremely busy international schedule; she is currently working for
her solo Concertgebouw debut recital later in October. For the Carillon concert
she will play Rachmaninoff’s 2nd movement of the 2nd Sonata and her own
composition, Lune Rouge.

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